Man sets house on fire, attempts to kill grandmother

3:46 PM,
Feb. 12, 2013

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Staff Reports

A Shreveport man is behind bars for trying to kill his 87-year-old grandmother and setting the house on fire.

Police responded to a home in the 3900 block of Melinda Street about 8:30 p.m. Monday after a man reportedly made statements that he'd killed his grandmother. Upon police arrival, 44-year-old Terrell Iddins Jr. threatened to burn down the house with a propane tank, police said.